I found following definitions from above site.. and the text is indeed interesting..
What is disruptive technology?
The term disruptive technology was coined by Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new, possibly lower performance, but less expensive product that addresses an existing market. The disruptive technology starts by gaining a foothold in the low-end, and less demanding, part of the market, then moves up-market through performance improvements, and finally displaces an incumbent's product.
By contrast, a sustaining technology provides improved performance only and, according to Christensen, will almost always be incorporated into the incumbent's product.
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Perhaps, one can also relate it to the Chinese products. They are much cheaper than European and Japanese products. They are gaining more market albeit they are less reliable.
I have seen many Chinese products from shoes and jackets to laptop carrying-bags in Sweden as well.
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